The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 24, 1908, Page 1

uller | VOL. XXXI BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908, femora MEI IISTAN eae elie (ul WE-WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. Sam’! Levy Mercantile Company. i month among ber old neighbors. Wf Death of tho Ilstle local option hild, that was born a Iitsle over a year ago, was a sad affair. vas born, the mothers talked long pnd loud {n pratse of the little girl Bt the Republican banques at St. outs the week of the election, with preachers in the crowd and heard he announcement that S$. Louie Quick consumption. She saw that he church that talke! 80 long to er, when @ baby had turned cold fhoulder to her She gave up her lifs nd passed over to that besutitul pnd, where therels nosaloon—whera ng do nos live that sre in favor f the saloon to destroy our young hen and girls In the country where eople live against the saloons, a ountry where the little local option irl can live in happiness with her fende forever. Methodist General Conference at altimore last May passed the fol- pwing: “We record our deliberat> dgment that no candidate for any 1 fice which in any way may have to p with the liquor traffic has a right expect nor ought to receive the pport of chrietian men, so long as stands committed tu the liquor hestion or refuses to pub himself in b attitude of open hostility againat e saloon.” This is what the great E. Conference sald list May, won- what the M. E. think of the ban jet at St. Louis, soon after the tion; are they loyal to the church the liquor interest. : Miss He'en and Maxwell Park, who @ attending school at Warrens- rg, came home Saturday to spend vacation, he Christian Church has employ- the Rev. Sheldon as their pastor snother year. Both churches are working hard at L r ¥ b When it | When the little girl saw the beer flow | hou!d have home rule, she took the | TEDL AVIARAM BBA ia] Mrs. McKibben, Mra Simpson and| Estel Pelley has returned fron Mrs. Harper will entertain the ladive | Warrensburg, where he has been at ’ Mise Mary Estel, near Blue Mound, | aldsoclety of the M. E. Charch at the tending the Normal. Kan., spent Saturday night and ;home of Mre, MeKibben Thursday Sabbath fo Park Town, the gueat of D. C. Wolfe's tataily* She {s spending | lunch will be served. and everyone is jafternoon, Dec. 3let. A ten cent which he expects to feed next sum Invited to attend. If Aaron should | map. sttend, his lunch will be free, dings, which are to come off soon, and perhaps one before this reaches the reader, Mrs. Louts Garner returned home last Thureday from the hospital at Kansas City, and reported as doing | Hal cottage soon. last Sunday. |corn, |willgive @ supper at Virginia Dee. last Sunday. | 31st, the last night of 1908. They | | will serve oysters, cake and many |#ick. other good things. The young folks| Some of the patrons of Bryan are expecting a good time. Every |school think that children who need one {8 fnvited to come. It will be|“tenshun”. should be permitted to a gvod time to watch the old year | quit school. | pass away and tho new come. Asron| Some ot Mingo’a schools will have | {8 to have bis supper free, providing | one week’s vacation, and some will he comes with a new eult of clothes. | have two, Endeavor at the Christian Church Again, “Aunt Jemima” wishes all |Dext Sunday at 6:30 Tope: For- a Merry Christmas and urges you to jefgn Missions: The New Life of take freely of “P th and China —Ezek. 37 1-14 Leader, Miss| ood will toward seen ouree ae | Grace Darr, sw, Aunt Jemma, Mingo and North East Bates. Foster Notes. A Merry Christmas to all. Frank Sherman and Loyd Hecka- T. R. Staley and family spent Sun-| aon, of Reavley, visited Sunday even- day at A. B. Thurman’s, ing in Foster. Fayette Snow and Jim MeCienny Grandma Goodenough went to Urich last Saturday evening poorly. to attend the basket ball game and!” Robert. Grant, Eula James and the debate. Urich won over Deop Fred Bell have returned home to Water In the debate. spend holidays. Joe Hickman went to Creighton | Mr ond Mrs: Bud Kiser visited last Saturday. : Sunday evening with D. H. Arbogast | McKinley school will give a box|and family | Supper Saturday night, Dec. 26 Little Lillte Palmer is very low Fayette Snow spent Sunday tn the} with pneumonta fever at this writ- Ballard vicinity. fog. {9 very Col. B. E. Harrtson, the popular | | auctloneer, has a large bunch of hogs | Look out for the talked-ot wed- sip heer eae cadte. jeventng a 5 yeur-old son of Mr. Wm.| hold his note tor $500 or $1,000 as | S_E. Smith called on Dr. Miller tr wel, Mrs. E. Smith and sons, Clyde and The ladies of the Chriattan Charch Clarence, visited at A. B. Thurman's Will Chelf and his mother wera |shopping in Creighton last Sxtur. day. Edwards school will give a box supper Wednesday night, Dec. 23. The Baptist people will have a Christmas tree with an fateresting Mrs. Minnie Miller, of Mineral, Kan, was vieliing her brother, W. T. Stover, last week. The new residence of J. H. McCul- longh will soon be completed. Wednesday evening the residence ot J. H. McCullough burned together ernyg. : | Christmas accompaniments. Easels and Screens, Carpet Sweepers, Dressing Tables, Music Cabinets, Rocking 4 Chairs, Ladies’ Desks, Small Rugs, Foot Stools, Tabour- etts. And many other useful articles for Christmas. .. .°. . H. CULVER, Furniture Co. . . Headquarters for Good Furniture. ~¥ras programs for Thursday | program, Santa Claus and other | with ell tts contents. iy g New Goods When the fire was discovered, they were unable to ,|save. anything. A subscription pa per was circulated, and {n a short time money and clothing were donat- ed enough to start Mr. McCullough to housekeeping again. Mr. McCul- longh wishes to thank his friends, who so willingly helped him in his sad misfortune. Dr. J. N. Haynes died at his home in Nevada last week. Dr. Huynes was formerly a practicing physician of Foster and is well known to old residents here, who will regret to learn of his death. He leaves a wife and five children, who have the sym- pathy of this community in theirsad bereavement. Dinan. East Lone Oak. C. W. Done spent Sunday with T. J. Booth. : Everybody 1s practicing for Christ- mas entertainment to be held at the church Thursday night. Mrs. C. M. Thomas left last Friday for New Mexico to visit her brother, Isaac, who was a former resident of thiscounty. ~ Miss Minnie McCaughey of Kansas 1} CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Building and All Consumed. | Rich Hill Review, By a fire near Panama Monda Perry was burned to death. The tamtly, who resided {n a sma Arp Waza) New Swindle Scheme. A new method of Separating the unsuspecting from their cofu has beep lately revealed by parties who “bit” in Iudiana. Inasmuch as the graft lies in getting the signature of the victim, the new system Mreatly resem- bles the work of she old “Lightning Rod Agent.” Is fs Operated tn this Way. A couple representing them selves so be a minister and wife trav- eling through the country apply at the home of some one known to be ot 8 religious turn of mind, for permis ston to stay over alght If they are taken in, abouts an hour is spent In discussing religious toples and a prayer is usually offered by the pro posed mfnister, Ip the course of an hour or two after the arrival of these people, another couple, this time Joung people, present themselves at the door and ask if & minister {s spending the night there. Ofe vurse, they are asked to come {nto the house, where they request the minis ter to marry them, saying that they are eloping but that they are of aye. Of course, the preacher refuses to do so and reads them a severe lecture upon the proprieties, but is finally prevailed upon so perform the vere- mony. The head of the housels then asked to eign his or ber name asa witness to the wedding. The young In Fire at Panama Monday— people depart and after remaining over night the minister and his wite also leave, Ina few days a nearby bank will notify the head of the house ¥ | where this took place that the bank the case may be, and then the victim HH learns to his sorrow that {é was not ‘ame house just a few blocks’ dis- a marriage certiticate that he signed tance south of Panama, were absent| but a blank note, that the parties Many of our farmers want to buy | frum home, and the supposttion is the little fellow poked up a fire whic | neath the crust of fine coal on th Mrs. Ell Berry {8 reported very | Surface must have resulted, had been banked up tn the stove, and that an explosion of gasses under- who stopped at hts house were fakers h] and that he is an “easy mark ” Social Organization. Christian Gl} Young Peoples Social The nelghbors were first attracted! Unton was Organtzcd last week by |¥o the scene by the screams of the| the adoption ofa conssitution anc \child, bat when they reached there, by-laws. A meeting fs called at the | the entire interior was a mass of/Ohio strees M.E ebareh for nexs jflames. They had searcely time to! Monday evening when otticers wil: | rescue the burning child til the roof! be elected. The small lnitintlon fe collapsed, and there was soon noth +} ot $2.00 will be ebarged and moder {ng buta seething mass of burning| ate dues that will not prove burden embers. sone upod spy ove, One shousani | The tire occurred about 5:30 Dr.| dollars ts wiready in the treasury Shafer was summoned and reached and a genth man, who does not want she scene of suffering about 6o’clock’| bis name mentioned, bas promise: but the unfortunate child was be +]one thousand more, if the proper ef yond medical afd, his back and arme|fort ta mude to raise sutticlens tund being burned to a crisp. Relief Was|to build & permanent home for th administered, but the little fellow jsoeiety. A vommibtee was appointe died at 3:30 Tueeday morning. Adrian Notes. From the Journal. system is lame on sits particular branch of study. Wm. Bullock has recelved his com- been filed and approved. He will move his faiaily to Bubler about the fires of January. They are worthy people snd cirele of friends. - Uncle Heary Wyse and wite return- ed Friday nigh’ from a trip to New Mexfea, where they had been for the benefit of their health and we are pleased to state that they are both in much better physteal condition than when they left here. In adition to this benefit Uncle Henry joined a hunting party down there and they rounded up with several deer to their credit. Pure sirenod venison would make‘any of us feel tolerably com- fortable. Big Tiling Scheme. C. E Legg, who is engaged in til- ing the Warnsing river bottom lands, said to the Review, that be- tween four and five miles of tile had been laid on the big farm east of Rich Hill, known as the Loeb ranch and six to eight miles had been laid on! Mr. Warnsing’s other farm, west of Nyhart, which embraces 1,227 acres. He stated there were several miles of | this work to do yet on both places, | The old-tashtoned spelling school {s being revived in some communt- ties. Itisa good thing tor JOUDE, Rich Hil! Wooday people to devose more time to the ; study of spelling. Our present school | mission as sheriff and his bond has jbo selecté.a location Wife Ciaims the Mules, Bate Moss, the well-known stock (dealer, was somewhat surprised by being called upon to surn aver apair Mr. Moss pur chased the mules from 2 man nam Pollard, who hanled coal at Rich | Hill, snd patd $400 for the team ‘Now Pollard’s wife cinims the muks belonged to her. Mr. Moss tas eon- jsulted his astorneys and will take of tine mules, whleh fe purchused at * Prank Burglars, The apartments of a young lady ) school teacher at Carthage was bur- glarized by two young men, with masks over thetr faces, One kept the teacher quiet by pointing a pis- tol at her, while the other searched the room for valuables. After the burglars had departed the young women gave the alarm. Nothing of value was missed. The police pub- lished @ notice In the papers to the effec’ that the supposed burglara were two high school studente, with the Idea of perpetrating a practical joke by frightentag the teacher. The high school students met and passed resoluttons condemning the police for expressing such a theory. On the other hand the officers claim to have the proof, that the culprits are prominent’ young men snd they threaten to swear out warranta and prosecute them for burglary, unless they come forward and confess and apoligize to the young lady. That is rather @ serious practical joke and 1 Is questtonable if the ends of justice Will be reached by a confesston and apology for such & serious offense, Marriage Licenses. Hugh M. Erwin, Bertie O, Largent, John Nieder, Mary Henderson, Adrian, Butler, Rieh Hill. Rleh Hil, OE. Groves, Adrian, Inv z Weyer, Butler, Edward H Hirnt, Rockville. “Alma Hirachi, Koekville, Neb Shobe, Butler. Lena Stevenson, Busler. Frank Seott, Mune Cline, W.1 Eads, Alba, Mo, dausper, Mo, Spruce, Epste Murphy, Spruce. Frank Powell, Butler. Grace Donovan, Butler. Will Build a Flat. Dixte Hoggard ts drawing plans fora three story brick flat whieh he will have butle In Kansas City in the spring abu cost of about $7,000, ‘The flaé will replace @ seven room frame building that he will have torn down. Mr Haggard owne oth- er valnable property in Kansas City, consisting of two flats and & vacant corner lot —-E|Dorado News County Court Meets. County Court: met fn spectal ses. sion on Tuesday, December 22, 1908 forthe purpose of trying John H. Bradshaw, of Rockville, for insanity, He was adjudged a fit subject to undergo treutment 98a county pA. sourt State Hospital No order to this effect: was $50 Reward. Twill psy $50 reward for tue ap. prehension and conviction of the party who shot and killed a hefferon my farm last week their remuval from} Adrian will be regretsed by a wide such steps ae are Leceseary $o pro CU. A. WALLacs tect himself —Nevada Vail Amuret, Mo after which Mr. Warnatng will have ~|levees built where needed on both farma, to hold off any overflow which | might reauls at @ bigh stage of the river or drainage ditches at any time hereafter. In this way 1t is expected to build i } | Ported @ good time. Potfenbarger & Douglass. Visa Thomas entertained her Sun- Hiram Nehols Shoe Co. day School class last Sunday. alter, McKibben Merc. Co. Well ita nearly-Xmas. so good bye| J.B, Adair Dry Goods Co. ‘till next week. Pussy Wintow. T. W. Fisk. ’ City is visiting her parents and rela-|P two of the richest farms in Mis- seurl and to thoroughly guard tives in this community at this writ- againet all chance of flood damage. Merchants’ Notice. We, the undersigned merchants, agree to close our places of business | on Christmas Day at 12:30 o’clock | ing. > Taverns Lyle who has been for some time in Oklahoma has returned home. Quite a number from Southwest Summit attended chureh at Peru last Sunday night. id remain cl for the day: re was a pie supper at the} 9” ! Double Branch Sabeal Sees last po ea al | Friday night. Quite a number from ng : Joe Meyer. H this vicinity attended and all re- Sam Levy Merc Co. AAA MT ORES!) RR NcoI JAS.S.COMBS FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING 206 N. MAIN ST. BUTLER, MO. All new furniture. Stylish and conservative. Prices reason- able, Satisfaction guaranteed. We invite the public to investi- gate our prices and examine our goods before buying. Undertaking We are fully equipped to do Undertaking, having a full line of goods. If embalming is desired a first class embalmer will be furnished. COME AND SEE US. RESIDENCE ‘PHONE 203. ATER SP 4, a